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Another Kirti monk detained, 'Patriotic Reeducation' continues

Dharamsala, May 26 – Chinese authorities in Tibet's Ngaba County have arrested a 27 year old Tibetan monk of Kirti monastery on May 19, a Tibetan source living here said. Lobsang Choephel was arrested from his monastic quarter but exact reason for his arrest and his current whereabouts remain unknown as is the case with several others detained earlier, added the source.

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Japanese Charity Donates Eye Surgical Equipments to Delek Hospital

DHARAMSHALA: Ashikaga Lions Club (ALC), a Japanese charity organisation, had donated Opthalmic Yag Laser System and Auto Refract-Keratometer, two eye surgical equipments to the Tibetan Delek hospital in Dharamsala in January this year.

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Tibetans want ceremonial role for Dalai Lama

DHARMSALA, India — Tibetan exiles in India planned Tuesday to urge the Dalai Lama to stay on as the ceremonial head of state of their government-in-exile even though he has turned political authority over to an elected leader.

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Earthquake's aftershocks shake Tibetan way of life in Yushu prefecture

A year ago an earthquake devastated the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Yushu, in Qinghai province, south-west China, claiming 3,000 lives. Now, it is in the throes of reconstruction. The tremor struck an area not previously affected by Chinese influence,

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Interpreting Chinese definition of liberation in Tibet

NEW DELHI: China has violated terms of an agreement it signed on 23 May 1951 with Tibet by denying the promised “national regional autonomy” to the Tibetan people in running their affairs apart from international relations and defence, concluded the speakers at a panel discussion titled 17-Point Agreement: Liberation or Occupation of Tibet held yesterday at the India International Center in New Delhi.

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Tibetans Implore His Holiness to Assume the Role of Ceremonial Head of State

DHARAMSHALA: The landmark Tibetan National General Meeting which was successfully concluded today unanimously approved a proposal to beseech His Holiness the Dalai Lama to assume the role of ceremonial head of state.

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Lobsang Sangay - Leader of the Tibetan exile movement

DHARMSALA, India — Tibetan exiles in India planned Tuesday to urge the Dalai Lama to stay on as the ceremonial head of state of their government-in-exile even though he has turned political authority over to an elected leader.

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